Michael Lockwood

I am a Data Engineer and Software Architect. I'm a couple months away from completing the build of a SaaS solution for SMBs in the Property Management space. There a lot of players in this domain, but I'm the software architect and data engineer. This is how I spend my free-time. The work I'm doing is volunteer work. It's also mine. No "Sprints" or just getting it to market. I'm doing the work because it's what I enjoy, and I'm exceptional at it. Like, why is the "Save" button so far down on this page that I have to click and scroll to even see it! Copy from my LinkedIn: My foundation in SQL Server and T-SQL development spans nearly 3 decades. I specialize in performance, scalability, and automation engineering across the full data lifecycle. I design and build complete data pipelines—from raw sources such as Parquet, CSV, and PSV—through database design, development, and optimization, now in Databricks, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, all the way to analytics and visualization in Power BI and D3.js. My work spans on-prem. and cloud-aligned environments, including Azure, AWS, and Databricks, where I also experiment locally with Azurite and MinIO to emulate real-world cloud architectures for Delta Lake, Data Lakehouse, and object-storage integration. Though I can build APIs and UX layers, my strongest impact is in the data tier, where design and performance converge. That being said, these past 4 years living mostly in Thailand, having learned quite a bit of modern software tech., I've nearly finished architecting and developing a full enterprise-grade, secure, SaaS solution for an industry vertical. I've been neck-deep for ~1,400 hours as of December 2025. You can read about it under my projects. I'll soon add it to my GitHub Pages. I’m a highly motivated and naturally curious professional who takes pride in understanding how every layer of data architecture fits together. Whether examining execution plans, tightening indexes, or refining data flows, I approach every challenge with a performance-first, automation-second mindset. I value precision, reliability, and transparency—traits that have defined my success across healthcare, finance, and hospitality systems. A bit of history. I began with Microsoft Access in college just over 30 years ago and naturally migrated to SQL Server, using Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) to engineer data pipelines and Web Matrix to build early web interfaces. I earned my MCDBA certification in 2006, and SQL Server, T-SQL, and SSIS have remained the foundation of my career ever since. I also hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from DeVry University. Right now I'm building a platform that run on Debian VMs using VirtualBox with secrets stored in an EKM solution, documents and secondary data stored in MinIO, PostgreSQL for db, Finbuckle for multi-tenancy, ASP.NET Core for auth. and APIs, OIDC for the token engine, and React/Next.js for front-end. I use MIT-licensed or open-source for everything. I listen to Nordic Viking music all day long to maintain my 80 mph pace for 12 hours every day, 7 days a week.